He will play Deputy Chief William Dodds, the charismatic and tough-as-nails boss who oversees all of the special victims units in New York City. He demands respect and hard work from the commanders that answer to him, and is used to getting it.

“I’ve wanted to write for and work with Peter Gallagher since…forever,” enthused SVU showrunner Warren Leight. “He’s an actor’s actor — deft with text and subtext; emotion and intellect. Like everyone else in our cast, he’s also a great singer. We’re all thrilled that this long into the show’s run, actors of his quality want to do an arc on SVU.”

Assuming Covert Affairs returns for probably its final season next year, it’s not like he’s the main star and has plenty of time to do other stuff… Plus unless his character has to go to a location on CA, all of SVU is shot in NYC an easy commute from Toronto if there is an overlap between those shows…

People are saying Law & Order: SVU is a ‘dying’ show; but it’s ratings this previous season (season 15) prove otherwise. The show is up in the ratings from the previous season prior (season 14) and NBC’s #3 or #4 scripted show behind Chicago Fire & Blacklist. Get your facts before you claim a show is ‘dying’. Even creatively, S15 was probably SVU’s BEST season in about 5-6 years (even when Meloni was on the show; I thought it was going downhill creatively then). I’m axious to see Gallagher on SVU, he’s going to be great!